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Interesting Facts about Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

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Interesting Facts about Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

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Along with cardiologist Soma Raju, Kalam developed a low cost coronary stent, named the "Kalam-Raju Stent". In 2012, the duo designed a rugged tablet computer for health care in rural areas, which was named the "Kalam-Raju Tablet".

Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam was taught leadership by Vikram Sarabhai, Prof Satish Dhawan and Dr Brahm Prakash.

While Kalam was working on a senior class project, the Dean was dissatisfied with his lack of progress and threatened to revoke his scholarship unless the project was finished within the next three days. Kalam met the deadline, impressing the Dean, who later said to him, "I was putting you under stress and asking you to meet a difficult deadline".

He narrowly missed achieving his dream of becoming a fighter pilot, as he placed ninth in qualifiers, and only eight positions were available in the IAF.

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Post Presidency,Kalam taught as a professor or a visting professor.He Taught at many academic institutions like  IIM Shillong and IIM Indore, professor of Aerospace Engineering and technology at Anna University.He taught information technology at the International institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, and technology at Banaras Hindu University.

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Kalam served as the 11th president of India, succeeding K.R.Narayanan. He won the 2002 presidential elections with an electoral vote of 922,884. His term lasted from 25 July 2002, to 25 July 2007.

He was  affectionately known as the People's President.

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1970s and 1990s, Kalam made an effort to develop the Polar Satellite Project (PSLV) and SLV-III projects, both of which proved to be successful.

In 1963 to 1964, he visited NASA's Langley Research Center and Goddard Space flight

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, Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development Organisation as a scientist after becoming a member of the Defence Research and Development Service.

He had also worked in many operations like Smiling Buddha India's first nuclear test.He had also directed Project Devil and Project Valiant which sought to develop ballistic missiles.

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He completed his early education from a local school.

He then enrolled at the Schwartz Higher Secondary School in Ramanathapuram.

Kalam went on to attend Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, , from where he graduated in physics.

He moved to Madras(present day Chennai) in 1955 to study aerospace engineering in Madras institute of Technology.

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Abdul Kalam was born to a Tamil Muslim family to Ashiamma and Jainulabdeen at the pilgrimage centre of  Rameshwaram in today's Tamil Nadu.

In his school years, Kalam had average grades but was described as a bright and hardworking student who had a strong desire to learn. He spent hours on his studies, especially on Maths